I'm Yael Saar,
(a mama on a mission to spread Self-Kindness) and the Founder and Keeper of the Mama's Comfort Camp: a refueling station for moms of kids of any age, where hundreds of mothers from around the world support each other in a loving, judgement-free safe space. Our online forum is a private facebook group, and if you are in the Ithaca, NY, area, you can come play with us in the real world. Join us?

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What we talk about here:
Motherhood, the most important job in the world is also the hardest, the lowest paying, comes with no vacation days, and never enough sleep…The gap between expectations and reality is huge, and painful.Moms need all the support, community, and comfort we can get, and we need a safe space to talk to each other and discover none of us is the only freak in town having a rough ride.
We use social media to find each other and offer emotional peer support online, and whenever possible, mutual assistance in real life.And
yes, of course you are welcome to Join us.

What would community be like if instead of only asking: “How are the Children”, we also asked: “How are the Parents?”

After all, we can’t expect flowers to turn into fruit if we don’t water the roots.

Research (and common sense) show that when the needs of parents are met, the whole society thrives.
This important advocacy issue is the subject of a lighthearted interactive show that will take place during the Ithaca Commons Reopening Celebration, on Saturday August 29 at 2pm.

This program is a collaboration between Yael Saar, the Founder of Mama’s Comfort Camp, Ithaca’s largest mom’s network, John Simon, Ithaca’s beloved singer songwriter, and Diane Hamilton, a fantastic local children’s yoga teacher.

The show will (sing and) dance around many profound questions:

What if we focused on meeting needs rather than chase impossible expectations?

What if it was easy to ask for help and actually get it?

How can we Re-Village community?

How can we build organic support bridges between community members so that by doing things that are easy for us we could offer relief for others without adding stress to our own lives?

And how can people who are not currently raising children interact with families in ways that support and delight everyone involved?

And what do you know, we can ask these questions in a way that will keep grown-ups and children of all ages singing and clapping along.

So come join us!
We will have some delightful guests share songs and stories about things that bring the best out of all of us.
You can let us know you are coming on the Facebook event page right here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/590727717734158/
(but this is a street performance, so no RSVP is required).

We will kick the show off with a FlashMob dance to the song: We Are Family! by Sister Sledge.

The moves are easy enough to learn on the spot, but you can get ahead of the game by learning the steps with these videos:

The whole dance:

Step by step:

We did this once before and it was a blast: This is what the Ithaca festival Flashmob looked like:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IidLsTlv7S4

This will be great fun, and even more fun with you there. The Grand Reopening of the commons festivities will go strong all weekend long. come find us on the family stage on West MLK street on Saturday at 2pm.
Please share this invitation, your help spreading the word goes a long way.

PS: are you a member of our facebook group?
Mama’s Comfort Camp is a free and unique support forum. We are thousands of mothers from all around the world (over 1000 from the Ithaca area) connecting via this private facebook group to offer loving peer support online and mutual assistance locally. Together we normalize the challenges and celebrate the joys of this roller-coaster ride called motherhood, all in a safe space free from judgment, protected from unsolicited advice, and steeped with respect and kindness. In Ithaca we enjoy a vibrant and responsive network of local moms helping each other out. We hold free monthly support meetings, fun gatherings, and classes.
Free and open to moms of kids of ANY age: from moms of newborns to grandmothers and every stage in between.

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